Author: Jenni Pinnock

Throughout his compositional career, Sigismond Thalberg wrote many pieces based upon the themes of other composers, including Bellini, Mozart and Rossini. In ‘Erinnerungen an Beethoven’, he explores …

‘Präludium und Fuge’ is a great work, which reflects Sgambati’s talent both as a pianist and composer. Both sections are full of passion, each with their own difficulties: the prelude with the challe …

While Wagner is a key figure in the world of opera, this ‘Fantasie in fis moll’ for solo piano offers a rare chance to glimpse into his compositional development. Written at 18, this was the first wo …

Friedrich Kuhlau’s works bridge the Classical and Romantic musical periods, and his extensive and brilliant flute writing earned him the title of ‘the Beethoven of the flute’. The ‘Flöten – Quartett …

Daniel Steibelt wrote an enormous number of works throughout his life, and while his operatic works are perhaps the best well known, he also wrote extensively fo the piano. ‘Britannia: An Allegorical …

Although Czerny is best known today for his pianistic exercises, he was prolific composer, reaching opus 961 during his compositional life. The ‘Eisenbahn Variationen’ are a wonderful set of variatio …

Siegfried Langgaard was a Danish pianist, composer and philosopher of music. His highly pianistic style and complex harmonic ianguage can be clearly seen within this ‘Romantische Phantasie’, inspired …

Throughout his compositional career, Sigismond Thalberg wrote many pieces based upon the themes of other composers, including Bellini, Mozart and Rossini. In ‘Souvenir de Pesth’, Thalberg takes tradi …

A popular, non-operatic composer, Martucci wrote about 85 works during his life which bear opus numbers: this, the ‘Konzert – Fantasie über ‘La forza del destino’, is opus number 1. Written when he w …